Taekwondo Testing

Today is officially a rest day. I went to my usual Friday amateur radio lunch, and otherwise tried to catch up with my house.

The Roomba did a good job, though unexpected in some ways. I had set it for 2:00 am, thinking that I would shut the hall door and just let it work while we slept. Unfortunately, I forgot to shut the hall door and it came marching down the hallway at 2:00 am last night.

Duane and I bolted upright out of bed wondering, "What the...?" By the time I had grabbed my bathrobe and gone after it, Roomba had wandered into our son's bedroom and he was bolt upright too, staring at Roomba in a wide eyed stupor.

I quickly decided that 2:00 am was a really dumb idea. Roomba's a bit noiser than I imagined too. So I put Roomba back in its charger, reset the schedule for noon today, and went back to sleep.

This evening was my son's Taekwondo test. He tested for his green/blue belt today, which means he had to know how to count to ten in Korean, know what the names of his forms mean, and what the different color belts signify. Of course, he also had to know his form, as well as one beginning form and some other moves. I'm happy to say that he passed the test!

After dropping our son off for his sleepover, we went home to get ready for tomorrow's hike at Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve. I've been anticipating this hike with some trepidation. In 1992, after taking and passing the California Bar Exam, I went hiking with my study partner. He was trying to get in shape to get a job in the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. He was in much better shape than I was to begin with, nevertheless he chose Purisima for our hike. We hiked down to the bottom and then back up. No poles, no hiking shoes, no hydration pack, no electrolyte or granola bars. I'm pretty sure we went straight down and then straight up again, by which time I was pretty well exhausted. I wanted to hit him over the head (what was he thinking?), but I didn't want to lose my newly obtained law license. All was better after a cold beer, but I still have bad memories of that hike. I wonder how it will be tomorrow, after I have done all of this conditioning?

Memorial Day BBQ

Today is Memorial Day and after all of the hiking I did the past weekend, I rested. Well, mostly. I cooked a barbeque dinner for a small family get together this evening.

That's probably about as much "rest" as I'm ever likely to get, so I'm not complaining.

Pooped

I went for a short walk this morning, but otherwise, I used today to get some rest and catch up on stuff.

Day of Rest

Today was a busy day, filled with amateur radio once again. I spent the morning at the Saratoga EOC upgrading the laptop, fixing the settings for the packet station software, and writing instructions for it. Packet is a digital mode of amateur radio, that is useful for sending lists of things and messages that you want kept relatively, even if not quite, private.

I came home in the afternoon and napped for a couple of hours before doing chores, picking our son up from school and going to a meeting. I was pretty wiped out from the big weekend. I didn't get any exercise in today, but tomorrow I will start in earnest once again.

Rest Day: Blazing Saddles or Princess Bride?

A few weeks ago, I posed the question which was the more classic cult comedy: Princess Bride or Blazing Saddles?

Time is running out! My favorite is Princess Bride which is currently ahead in the polling. Get your vote in now! See the poll in right hand sidebar to vote!

Rest Day

Well, sort of. I didn't get any exercise in, and it wasn't on our schedule. But I still had a midterm due so I spent most of my time studying, and then taking the exam. Glad that's over!

The more I learn about programming, the more admiration I have for what my husband, Duane, does everyday in his job! And the more I learn that this, though useful, is not something that I enjoy.

Our pole clinic and hike is tomorrow at Sanborn Park in Saratoga. I'm looking forward to the hike, more than the pole clinic. Poles? Do I need them? We have a choice of going on a 3 hour hike and skipping the pole clinic, or going to the pole clinic for 2 hours followed by a 1 hour hike. Frankly, I think I need the hike more than the clinic, but I will defer to Duane.